On the day the Reds’ legendary captain and talisman announced his retirement from football, the current Reds supremo was questioned on whether he woulkd be making a return to Anfield.

Klopp was reticent to talk too much about a player he never managed and whom he told the assembled press pack ‘you maybe know better than me’ but he suggested a return was likely in the future.

The Reds manager told his pre-match press conference at Melwood: “This is not the room I want to speak about this. When there is something to announce we will announce it and then we talk, you can imagine. That’s clear. That one day in the future there will be something to announce I’m pretty sure too. But up till then, nothing to say, that’s all.

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“Steven Gerrard, 186 goals, each goal is a story. The first thing you should all maybe learn if someone wants to help Steven Gerrard is stop being so excited about each next step. For everything in life you need room, space to jump in and do something and learn something new. If he’s retiring as a player the next thing he will do is new.

“He was a young player, he’ll be a young whatever. There’s nothing to talk about and I’m absolutely the wrong person to talk about it because maybe all of you know him better than me.

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“What I said - and it’s a law - that the door is always open for him. From our side if he wants it’s an open door and I’m sure he will want. And if he wants to make a different career from his former career we want to help him, that’s how it is.

“Nothing else to say and maybe that was already too much.”

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The gathered press pack persisted though and there was a little bit more on the story of the day as Klopp revealed he had only seen Gerrard play live once, in the 4-0 friendly defeat for Dortmund at Anfield in 2014.

And he added: “Top players? How many do you have? Is Pele involved? Is Franz Beckenbauer involved? Is Johan Cruyff involved? Where should I start and end? He’s a top player, but it’s not important what I think, it’s what the people think. I like him and I’ll help him any way I can. But stop using me for stories about Steven Gerrard, just write them because he deserved it. Just don't use my name.

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“I’ve only been here 14 months so how could I say how big these people are or how it is in Liverpool to live together with legends? I met a few of course and I met Stevie already, he’s a great person and he’s far away from wanting to be a legend or to be handled like a legend. He’s a completely normal guy and it’s nice having him a round. it’s good to hear he’s back in town and we will see.

Jurgen Klopp during the pre-season friendly match at Anfield in 2014

“I saw a few games of his career and on LFCTV you can see all his goals, 100 plus, how many? (told it’s 186)...nice one!”

Gerrard, 36, this week revealed the offer of the manager’s role at MK Dons had come too soon for him and he is weighing up several options for his next step.